ClimateHealth.net
References Regarding Climate Change and
Reduction of Fossil Fuel Emissions
Legislation
Article, Carbon Trading and Offsets Counterproductive Compared to Politically Possible Carbon Tax
Hosted by climatehealth.net– federalcarbontax.org: Initiative for local governments’ resolutions in support of a federal carbon tax, including a free model resolution: Initiative. References for background information for this Initiative are accessed from Initiative, not here.
Tips on Energy Saving and Emission Reduction
Articles on this website:
Article, Climate Change, How to Reduce Emissions
Article, How to Redirect All of the Payment for Electric Supply to Renewable Energy
Selected key steps to reduce emissions: Flyer "Wonder what you can do?" CCAGCNY Flyer.pdf, written by the Climate Change Action Group of Central New York CCAGCNY
Educational slides on this website:
Slides, Climate Change, and How to Reduce Emissions
www.pge.com/res/rebates/energy_tools_resources/
Science Museum in Washington www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc
Financing and tax breaks: 1-877-NY-SMART or www.nyserda.org/loanfund
Solar without the upfront investment: www.renu.citizenre.com
National Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org
Highest CO2 Emitting Power Plants in the World http://carma.org
Agricultural Adaptation and Mitigation
www.climateandfarming.org – David Wolfe, Ph.D.
Plant Hardiness Zones usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
Impacts in CA and Northeast www.climatechoices.org
Travel
Ethanol from corn or soy provides only slight improvement, if any. (See Ethanol slide on this website: Slides, Climate Change, and How to Reduce Emissions) Otherwise Green Car Journal offers useful information at www.greencar.com.
For an auto club providing roadside assistance, that’s pro-environment: www.betterworldclub.com
About bio-diesel from vegetable oil: www.IthacaBiodiesel.org
Emissions from Aviation www.rcep.org.uk/aviation/av12-txt.pdf
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviation/064.htm
I no longer believe that carbon offsets balance out auto and flight emissions, for the reasons given in Article, Carbon Cap/Trade and Offsets Ineffectual Compared to Carbon Tax. However, donations to worthwhile projects to absorb CO2 can be made at www.terrapass.com.
The Museum of the Earth– Donations directed to the Global Change Project at www.priweb.org can have a multiplier effect from the education regarding climate change, for the many visitors to the Museum and to its sister museums.
EPA's Personal Greenhouse Gas Calculator
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterToolsGHGCalculator.html
Green Buildings
Educational slides on this website: Slides, Further Topics
Information on housing improvements: http://housing.cce.cornell.edu.
Enhanced R-factor using insulated concrete forms to increase thermal mass and heat sink into ground: http://logixicf.com
The Passive Solar House by James Kachadorian
Structural insulated panels: http://insulspan.com
Green roofs: http://earthouronlyhome.com
Shipping containers made into housing units: http://sgblocks.com
Apartment building in Manhattan: www.thesolaire.com/green_features
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association www.nesea.org
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council www.sbicouncil.org
Businesses Profiting in a Sustainable World
Articles on this website, addressed to the concerns of businesses:
Article, Do Well Doing Good: Profiting in a Sustainable World
Article, Carbon Cap/Trade and Offsets Ineffectual Compared to Carbon Tax
Examples in business
Business to business http://californiagreensolutions.com
U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations www.us-cap.org
www.interfaceflooring.com/sustain/seven.html
http://novonordisk.com/sustainability
Green Collar Economy greencollarmedia.com
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge/
World Business Council for Sustainable Development http://wbcsd.org
Transition generates jobs: www.ApolloAlliance.org
Examples in government
Carbon Taxes Versus Carbon Markets: What’s the Best Way to Limit Emissions?
www.american.com/archive/2007/may-0507/tax-or-trade/?searchterm=bailey
Local Governments for Sustainability (www.iclei.org)
U.S. cities committed to emissions reduction www.coolcities.us
Apollo Alliance Ten Point Plan www.wdiny.org/apolloalliance.html
Examples in academia
www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education www.aashe.org
Higher Education: Strategic Action www.SecondNature.org
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future www.ulsf.org
Ecumenical Transition: Stewards of Creation
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment www.nrpe.org
Evangelical Environmental Network “Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation” www.creationcare.org/Energy’s Future Beyond
Green Cross www.globalgreen.org
Renewable Energy Sources
Windpower: Tompkins Renewable Energy Education Alliance www.treea.org
National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov
www.business.com/directory/energy_and_environment/alternative_energy/
Green Investments
Article in Environmental Magazine
Books
Insulate and Weatherize by Bruce Harley
Low Carbon Diet by David Gershon www.empowermentinstitute.net
Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options by Jefferson W. Tester
Renewable Energy by Godfrey Boyle
Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning by George Monbiot 2007
Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do by Joseph Romm 2006
Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis--And What We Can Do to Avert Disastery Ross Gelbspan
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown 2006
With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change by Fred Pearce 2007
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert 2006
The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities by Mike Tidwell 2006
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing by John Houghton
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
Carbon Scientific American September 2006
Capitalism at the Crossroads: From Obligation to Opportunity by Stuart L. Hart.
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore www.theclimateproject.org
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
Climate Science:
Educational slides on this website:
Slides, Climate Change, and How to Reduce Emissions and
www.climatechangeeducation.org
“How to Talk to a Skeptic” at www.illconsidered.blogspot.com
http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Reanalysis Project www.aoml.noaa.gov
EPA http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, Foreword by Tony Blair, MP www.defra.gov.uk
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast http://forecast.uchicago.edu/ www.pewclimate.org
"Impact from the Deep" –Hydrogen sulfide as contributor to mass extinction– by Peter D. Ward, Scientific American, October 2006
World Resources Institute www.climate.wri.org
Compendium of Studies: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change www.ipcc.ch
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment www.millenniumassessment.org
National Snow and Ice Data Center www.nsidc.org Kyoto: United Nations Environment Program www.unep.org
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) www.amap.no/acia/index.html
http://allianceforclimateprotection.org
Inundation graphics: www.net.org/globalwarming/sea_level/
Human crises from water stress
Smokestack Capture and Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
Educational slides on this website: Slides, Further Topics
www.ipcc.ch/activity/sprep.htm
www.iea-coal.org.uk/content/default.asp?PageId=65
www.fe.doe.gov/programs/powersystems/futuregen/index.html
www.fossil.energy.gov/fred/feprograms.jsp?prog=Carbon+Sequestration
www.co2captureproject.org/technologies/tech_indexP2.htm
Slides
Please contact Sylvester for written instructions on how to download the free original Powerpoint files. A further resource for slides is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (www.ipcc.ch).
Food Choices Greatly Affect Resources Used
Emphasizing plant-based foods substantially reduces carbon footprint. One could consider the health benefits–
The following describe the scientific basis for the health benefits of emphasizing plant-based foods, reducing consumption of animal products to one serving of a deck of card’s worth per day, or eliminating them:
Free book and audio interviews for download from this website: Healthspan
Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman MD (www.DrFuhrman.com ISBN 0-316-82945-5)
China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long Term Health by Colin Campbell, PhD Professor of Nutrition, Cornell University (www.NutritionAdvisor.com)
Breaking the Food Seduction by Neil D. Barnard, MD (ISBN 0-312-31493-0) (www. pcrm.org).
“Unhappy Meals” by Michael Pollan www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=85
Happy meals using plant-based recipes referenced on this website at the bottom of the page Healthspan.
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